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ANP helps break down fat in human fat cells in the lab, and it does this by turning on a specific switch called the alpha2 part of AMPK. If you block that switch, ANP can't do its fat-burning job...

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Atrial natriuretic peptide regulates lipid mobilization and oxygen consumption in human adipocytes by activating AMPK.

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2011 Jul 8

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Atrial natriuretic peptide regulates lipid mobilization and oxygen consumption in human adipocytes by activating AMPK.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.05.143

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